Md Twfiqur Rahman

Hi, I'm Toufiq. I am an applied microeconomist leveraging modern econometric tools to address questions in health, education, and labor policy.

I recently completed my Ph.D. in Economics from Georgia State University and will be joining the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School as a Postdoctoral Fellow this fall.

Research

Working Papers

Do Incentives Shape Teacher Effort? Lessons from a Piece-rate Bonus Program Job Market Paper

with Ian Callen

We study the effects of a novel piece-rate teacher bonus program on student outcomes...

From Coverage to Consequences: BMI and Health Behaviors after Medicaid Contraction Under Review

Leveraging Tennessee’s 2005 Medicaid contraction, I study the impact of losing public health insurance on body weight and relevant health behaviors...

Removing Barriers to College Credits: Where and for Whom AP Exam Fee Waivers Work

with Cade Lawson

Do policies that broaden educational access also foster success? We study this question in the context of North Carolina’s universal Advanced Placement (AP) exam fee waiver policy...

Teaching

Instructor of Record, Georgia State University

  • ECON 2105: Principles of Macroeconomics (Fall 2024) [Syllabus]
  • ECON 8220: Human Resources and Labor Markets (Spring 2025) [Syllabus]

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia State University

  • ECON 9230: Topics in Advanced Labor Economics (Spring 2025)
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